Home*School*Home: Too much of a good thing?

Thursday, February 10, 2011

Too much of a good thing?

My oldest son got an MP3 player with his Christmas money (or his birthday money, can't remember which) anyway, he gave his CD player to his younger brother. Now younger brother wants to listen to books on CD from the library all day long. I mean, seriously, all day long. Traditionally in our home, listening to things has been exempt from the screen time limits. The kids sometimes like to listen to music while they do schoolwork and I have no objections to that. But this seems a bit excessive. Should we make a rule about listening? Yesterday, he didn't finish his schoolwork on time but he has done this sometimes in the past, predating his listening to books obsession. If he wasn't listening to books, he'd be reading books, just as obsessively and still not getting his work done every now and then. So, what do my blog readers think? I would appreciate your words of wisdom.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...: I wish I had words of wisdom, but am having my own problems with ds. Maybe the whole world is just going through some sort of funk? If he wants to read, maybe he has to do book reports (writing, grammar, spelling), not sure how math could fit in? I was just reading on add/adhd we should find something they excell in and go with it. Not quite sure how to do it yet.
Good luck.; 5:47 PM
~*~The Family~*~ said...: We have to limit reading with my daughter. She would read for hours a day and well into the night if we let her. If they are sitting and reading, or listening to, fiction I don't see it as much different than watching t.v. All things in moderation.; 12:17 AM

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Homeschooling Advice.

1. Try it. You might enjoy it. It might change your life. It might not be your thing, but you won't know if you don't ever try.

2. Find out what your state (or country) requires, the bare minimum. Do this and then with the rest of it, have fun with it. It doesn't have to be all serious and it doesn't have to look like the inside of a classroom. You're at home. Relax. Play. Read. Learn together. Enjoy your kids. They grow up way too fast.

3. Don't let a written curriculum boss you around. If it works, great. If it's not working for you, throw it out. If only parts of it work, use those and throw the rest out. It's not the boss of you. When shopping for curriculum, read reviews. Try to go somewhere where you can actually hold the book in your hands and look through it. Print out a sample day or week and try and implement it or borrow it before buying. It's kind of hit and miss buying books without being able to see them.

4. Find a homeschool support group. Or two. If you can't find one in real life, find one online. Get support where ever you can.

5. Make a mess now and then. Go outside and put some mentos in coke. Make alka-seltzer rockets. Make some great art. Make a timeline and a map. Grow some borax crystals. Use levers to lift things. Make a trebuchet out of whatever you can find around the house.

6. Go on as many field trips as you can.

The point of this blog.

"there is a theme, if you read, you'll get a growing conviction that homeschooling is a lifestyle that is worthwhile, that it is extremely good for kids and families, that it promotes bonding, is a personalized education that is superior to what you can get anywhere else for your kids, is fun and can be done even if you have a 400 track mind, no math skills (thankfully my husband does though), through working, job changes, bad hair days, home remodeling, deaths, illness, surgery, broken bones and various other things and it actually makes dealing with these things easier, not harder, than it was when we were in the public schools, because homeschooling is so incredibly flexible. That's the point I've been trying to make for the last 5 years or so."

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